Recent trends in utility program funding and design in California

✍ Scribed by Michael Messenger

• Book ID: 104374351
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 970 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1040-6190
• DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6190(96)80263-6

✦ Synopsis

Pm7luntion ofstate and utility conservation p~ogranzs at the Cnlifornia Energ!/ Commission, where Iw hns hem engaged in DSM workfor the pst 24 yews. He uws the author of fhe commission's recent report, The Potential Effect of Electric Utility Restructuring and Regulatory Choices 011 Utility DSM Programs. Mr. Messenger holds fin M.S. in enerpy resowces from fhe Unizlersity of California of Berkeley and has testified in rate case proceedings in California, Pennsylaanin and Nezu lersey. This paper presents llze vieius of the nufhor md does not necessarily vepresent fhe zGezus of the CEC or the Stale of California. Recent Trends in Utility Program Funding and Design in California Utility energy eficiency efforts have both risen and fallen in response to regulators' signals. With widening competition reshaping corporate decision making, it is likely that utilities will focus on those measures that fit with overall customer service offerings, OY have market transformation potential.